December 2016 Aden suicide bombing

The December 2016 Aden suicide bombing occurred on 10 December 2016 when an Islamic State fighter carried out a suicide bombing at a Yemeni Army military base on the outskirts of the port city of Aden, Yemen, killing 50 people and wounding 70. The suicide bomber detonated his explosives as Yemeni troops collected their salaries at the entrance to the Sawlaban military base; the Yemeni troops were preparing to break the siege of Taiz by the Houthis.